#blue

The fact that we elected Obama was a sign that the black struggle inherent in the blues and so much of the music I have loved can triumph. ↗

— Jack White

#blues #elected #fact #i #inherent

With the White Stripes we were trying to trick people into not realising we were playing the blues. We did not want to come off like white kids trying to play black music from 100 years ago so a great way to distract them was by dressing in red, white and black. ↗

— Jack White

#ago #black #black music #blues #come

Her blue eyes were still beautiful, but they did not know what was before them, and Mary herself could never look through them again to tell Laura what she was thinking without saying a word. ↗

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

#beautiful #before #blue #blue eyes #could

The old jazz singers or old blues singers, you always just saw them kind of sitting down and singing. They weren't worried as much about their voice sounding perfect. They would make the song kind of fit their voice. ↗

— Lucinda Williams

#always #blues #down #fit #jazz

I just like the blues better than rock 'n' roll. ↗

— Johnny Winter

#blues #i #just #like #rock

I started playing ukulele first for 2 years from age 9 to 11 and got my first guitar and got inspired by blues I heard on the radio that turned me on and I started learning myself. ↗

— Johnny Winter

#blues #first #got #guitar #heard

I think the blues will always be around. People need it. ↗

— Johnny Winter

#around #blues #i #i think #need

I think it will always be around it just takes one person to make people aware of the blues. ↗

— Johnny Winter

#around #aware #blues #i #i think

I'm not good enough to be playin' much acoustic guitar onstage. Man, you gotta get so right; I mean, the tones, the feel, the sound. Plus, acoustic blues guitar is just that much harder on the fingers. ↗

— Johnny Winter

#acoustic guitar #blues #enough #feel #fingers

The Progressive Blues Experiment, Johnny Winter... and Still Alive and Well is my favorite rock record. ↗

— Johnny Winter

#blues #experiment #favorite #johnny #johnny winter